We were finally able to finish laying the foundation in North Hills Drive this past week, which was a blessing. There are now two houses under construction, and the weather is now in our favor. Praise God!
Yesterday I read a portion of Henry Drummond's lecture "The Greatest Thing in the World". Then last evening our Bible study was taken from Luke 27 -36. This passage of scripture is all about loving your enemies, and the lecture by Drummond is taken from I Corinthians 13.
Drummond opens his lecture with "Every one has asked himself the great question of antiquity as of the modern world: What is the summum bonum - the supreme good? You have life before you. Once only you can live it. What is the noblest object of desire, the supreme gift to covet?"
He argues that we have been accustomed to believing and we have been taught that the "greatest thing in the world" or in the religious world is Faith. But, if we believe that we've missed the mark. We all remember the story of the Apostle Paul, a man who before his conversion was very wicked, a man who killed people who served the Lord. But the same hand that killed, several years later wrote to the Corinthian church "And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." Paul mentions faith and hope in his writing, he spends an entire chapter speaking of love as the noblest of the three. Then he plainly states, without a moment's hesitation, that out of the three great words in relgion - faith, hope and love; love is the greatest.
There is no doubt in my mind that every volunteer who sets foot on a Habitat jobsite does so because of the love they have for folks who are less fortunate - for God's people in need. Volunteering your time to serve another is a true act of love and compassion. Let's try not to get so bogged down with summer vacations and pool parties that we forget about the folks who need to be shown love.
"...do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return..." Luke 6:35
